Goals
Motivating yourself
1. Remember a time when you did feel motivated - no matter how long ago that was or no matter for how short a time.
Imagine yourself back in that time so that you are seeing, hearing and feeling it as if you are there again now.
2. Allow yourself to fully experience the state of being in this time and place. Note how it feels exactly and where you feel
this sensation. Decide on an image or sound that will remind you of this emotional state in such a way that you will be able to
recall it when you want. You may need to step into the state a number of times - each time thinking of this image or word or
touch that will remind you of what this feels like. (Remind yourself of this 'trigger' when you are fully into the state of motivation)
3. In this state, ask yourself what is important to you about the way that you live your life. What would you like to be an
example of today for example? What kinds of feelings and thoughts would you like others to have about you when you are either with them or after you have left them?
4. What values would you really like to live out in everything that you do no matter what the circumstances? (Pete Goss -
the round the world yachtsman risked his life to stand by his principle of always helping other sailors in distress when he
turned his boat round in extreme storm conditions to respond to an SOS call from another sailor with the result that he saved the other sailor's life).
5. Ask yourself how might you be the example that you really want to be for the rest of the day, the week, the month ... You decide the timeframe.
6. Now ask yourself what goal you would like to have achieved for yourself by the end of today. It could be something
quite small especially if you have not asked yourself this question for some time. Make sure that it is something that is within
your control i.e. something that you can do or be or have (not something that you want others to be or do).
7. Imagine yourself at that point of the day (week, month...) when you would like to have achieved this. Step into that time
as if you were there now and see, hear and feel what this is like. Allow yourself to experience especially what this emotionally
feels like. Pay attention to what kind of emotions specifically you have and where you have them and holding onto these emotions come back to the present.
8. Let go of having to achieve the goal to just enjoy the feelings that you have from imaging its achievement.
9. Imagine yourself going through the rest of the day (week, month...) with these emotions.
10. Do it and feel it and be it.
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